I'm willing to bet 3D would have a massive resurgence if someone made 3D-compatible 4K displays with passive glasses

They came too late, and were way to expensive for the masses which is a shame - I never really cared much for 3D at home until I got one. The blame lies with manufacturers and who ever allowed all the different standards.

I preordered the 3D version from Amazon UK back in June, Might as well just grab the Aussie version now that it's actually getting released here.

Can’t wait to put the Skynet Edition into my “no longer needed in collection” basket, along with Gladiator (DNR’d “pre-replacement disc” Edition), DieHard Quadrology (PG-13 DieHard 4.0), X-Men: Days of Future Past (non-Rogue Edition), Ghostbusters (original “mastered in HD” non-4K), and the Aussie release of Army of Darkness - Directors cut (Scratch and Debris ridden Edition), just to name a few...

Have also managed to gift a lot of older transfers that have been replaced by newer ones (GoodFellas, A Fish Called Wanda, Midnight Run [UK]), BUT I wouldn’t have the heart to gift the T2 Skynet Edition... Maybe to my sister, who reckons she can’t tell the difference between SD and HD.
Even when I have flipped between the same Foxtel channel in SD and HD, for comparison, she still says she can’t tell the difference.

Can’t wait to put the Skynet Edition into my “no longer needed in collection” basket, along with Gladiator (DNR’d “pre-replacement disc” Edition), DieHard Quadrology (PG-13 DieHard 4.0), X-Men: Days of Future Past (non-Rogue Edition), Ghostbusters (original “mastered in HD” non-4K), and the Aussie release of Army of Darkness - Directors cut (Scratch and Debris ridden Edition), just to name a few...

Have also managed to gift a lot of older transfers that have been replaced by newer ones (GoodFellas, A Fish Called Wanda, Midnight Run [UK]), BUT I wouldn’t have the heart to gift the T2 Skynet Edition... Maybe to my sister, who reckons she can’t tell the difference between SD and HD.
Even when I have flipped between the same Foxtel channel in SD and HD, for comparison, she still says she can’t tell the difference.

i have both copies of gladiator as the original is 2 discs while the remaster is one disc and the comparison is massive

The original release of Gladiator is worse then the dvd and there are moments when the heads of the main character who is the focus of the shot has his head change shape from the amount of manipulation. The rerelease is beautiful.

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Still the 1st on my database...and they just added the 3D artwork... no 4K artwork yet, but I shall keep an eye on both the date and artwork updates...

The original release of Gladiator is worse then the dvd and there are moments when the heads of the main character who is the focus of the shot has his head change shape from the amount of manipulation. The rerelease is beautiful.

Exactly. I bought the 2 Disc Steel Slip, and behold, original transfer that was an absolute shocker (checked the serial number and it was the “bad” DNR transfer. They ended up doing a disc exchange... It is that bad.

I’ve kept the crappy BD release to show people what aggressive DNR looks like vs. a film-like transfer with grain intact.

I got lucky with Gladiator, the cardboard-slip 2-disc edition was one of the first BDs I bought and it's the good version. But I still have Predator Ultimate Hunter Edition if I need a horrible DNR demo disc

Not to hijack this thread at all but which release is the remastered version of Gladiator?

The entries on this site look they could do with a bit of tidying up.. if you get either the digibook or the one with a cardboard slip you should be sweet. The remastered ones should have a note on the back cover about the PocketBlu app, if it has that then it's remastered.

The entries on this site look they could do with a bit of tidying up.. if you get either the digibook or the one with a cardboard slip you should be sweet. The remastered ones should have a note on the back cover about the PocketBlu app, if it has that then it's remastered.

Yeah, mine has an extra two lines of text re the Pocketblu app between the original blurb and the row of screenshots, and an extra note at the end of the copyright spiel down the bottom. The original slipcover doesn't have those, so it's an easy way to tell. Any of the post-2009 versions will invariably be remastered, it's just a bit risky to order anything secondhand sight-unseen if it's a 2-disc metalpak or slipcover.